The next game up in My Gaming Audio History is DuckTales, and when I was just looking for something about it, I saw that the Remastered version is out. I haven't even pressed start yet, but sitting here on the title screen, I LOVE the fact that the first two bars that play are a sample of the original music. Completely recognizable to me since I played this game so many times as a kid. Then the music bursts into a modern sound, first a new drum track comes in, then more background instruments, suspended cymbal roll and: "DuckTales!" comes in with the full sound of modern gaming. It's an historic audio montage in the opening seconds of gameplay.
I was going to try to go to bed early, but now I just might be up quite a while....
Update: I've played DuckTales Remastered for a little more than six hours now. I think the audio is very well done. Incredible updating of the pieces, yet it stayed true to the original. I like that there's voice acting, but feel at times that the voices sound as if they were recorded in a box. That to me could've been improved. The cutscenes also pulled me out of the gameplay a bit. I loved how their background music continued to reference themes from the game music and the main theme, though. It's a brilliant game that I've enjoyed. I think it just goes to show that these old games are classics for a reason. The gallery with music purchases is the perfect incentive to bring replay value to the game. I couldn't stop playing until I had purchased all the music possible. (The tracks made it a lot easier to do the next entry!) Overall, a great update, particularly in the music area. Well worth the time and purchase as I know I'll play it again. And Vince'll LOVE it when he gets home!
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